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Brave, the company behind a relatively new blockchain platform that’s run on an altcoin by the name of Basic Attention Token (BAT), has announced that it is giving away $1 million in Basic Attention Tokens in a new effort to spur adoption and use of the digital advertising solution.

As you probably heard, the BitConnect Ponzi scheme is finally up. Unfortunately, however, the news of it being a complete sham didn’t make it to some diehard fans in time for them to get out — or if it did, they didn’t want to hear it. Hence, the BitConnect subreddit has been filling up with

Not surprisingly, BitConnect has decided to shut down its lending “services” after months of running what was effectively a Ponzi scheme. The company attributed its shutdown not to the fact that it was plainly unsustainable, but rather to bad press, cease and desist letters that originated from two US states, and DDoS attacks. We are

One of the smartest ways to invest in cryptocurrency (or anything, for that matter) is to do something called dollar-cost averaging. Basically, you spread out your buys over a long period of time so that your dollar-cost (how much you paid for some amount of something) averages out to be a relatively small number over

Mark Cuban, famed billionaire investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, took to Twitter yesterday to confirm that fans would be able to buy Mavs tickets with Bitcoin starting “next season.” The next NBA season commences this fall, so we could see the ability to buy Mavs tickets with BTC before the end of the

Whether you are new to the cryptocurrency space or have been around for a while, the concept of a cryptocurrency wallet can be difficult to grasp. If you’re a crypto-veteran, chances are you’ve heard about several different types of cryptocurrency wallets. Understanding the differences between these wallets as well as which one to use can

Sometimes when configuring your graphics cards for a GPU cryptocurrency mining rig, things can go awry. Maybe you installed a driver that’s making your mining software crash. Maybe you accidentally updated drivers to a newer version that — for one reason or another — gets a lower hashrate than you got before. Whatever the case

Simple answer: Yes, but the speed at which your card wears will vary greatly depending on brand, clock speeds, undervolting, and other factors. In general, you shouldn’t expect your card to fail before its warranty is up, but on the off chance that it does, you’ll be lucky enough to get a free replacement. Generally speaking,

The age-old debate of build-or-buy is nothing new in the PC world. However, the popularity of mining has attracted many new investors and enthusiasts alike, each with varying degrees of technical expertise. As mining rigs operate quite differently compared to traditional systems, the question arises again. This article will cover the pros and cons of